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Media coverage of this event

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A tropical storm is moving northeast along the coast of
Japan
’s main island of Honshu, bringing heavy rain to wide areas. Two people have died and over 50 others have been injured. The Ane River overflowed in Shiga Prefecture in the early hours of Tuesday. Previously Typhoon
Noru
was downgraded just before making landfall near Osaka.

BEIJING/TOKYO: A landslide triggered by heavy rain
killed
at least 24 people in China’s mountainous southwestern province of Sichuan on Tuesday, state media reported. Extreme weather this summer has triggered a series of landslides and floods across the country, leaving scores dead and tens of thousands displaced.

Typhoon
Noru
was moving over Honshu,
Japan
when NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhead on August 7. Noru made landfall in the central prefecture of Wakayama early in the day. The Aqua satellite passed over Japan on August 7 at 12:25 a.m. EDT (0425 UTC) and the Moderate Resolution Imaging....

Weather-related disasters are exponentially increasing. In fact, two-thirds of Europe could be affected by an extreme weather event by 2100, according to a study published in the Lancet Planetary Health journal on 4 August. In the 72 hours since, this years worlds strongest storm , Typhoon
Noru
....

Weather-related disasters are exponentially increasing. In fact, two-thirds of Europe could be affected by an extreme weather event by 2100, according to a study published in the Lancet Planetary Health journal on 4 August. In the 72 hours since, this years worlds strongest storm , Typhoon
Noru
....

Typhoon
Noru
is no more. Downgraded to a tropical depression, it will be remembered as the third longest-lived typhoon on record and the longest since Typhoon Rita in 1972. It is also the most powerful cyclone of 2017. Noru (a Korean word for deer) began life as an area of low pressure which fed on....

Aug. 8, 2017 - Tropical storm "Franklin" moved over the Yucatan Peninsula early Tue. & will continue mostly westward moving back over water - the Bay of Campeche - by Tue. night...... Tropical storm "Franklin" looks like it will stay organized enough to allow for some rather rapid reintensification once back over the far SW Gulf of Mexico.

Typhoon
Noru
dumped heavy rain on
Japan
Tuesday as it moved back out to sea, causing flooding and property damage while the number of injured reportedly rose to 51.
After making landfall in western Japan the previous day, the storm packing winds of up to 108 kilometres (67 miles) per hour ploughed across the main island of Honshu.

Over 600 people took shelter in schools as Typhoon
Noru
moved into the Sea of
Japan
on Tuesday, with torrential rains brought by the storm caused flooding and injuries to some, the authorities said. “A local river overflowed and submerged a residential area in the western city of Nagahama,’’ city official Takahiro Murai said.

Over 600 people took shelter in schools as Typhoon
Noru
moved into the Sea of
Japan
on Tuesday, with torrential rains brought by the storm caused flooding and injuries to some, the authorities said. “A local river overflowed and submerged a residential area in the western city of Nagahama,’’ city official Takahiro Murai said.

OSAKA – Typhoon
Noru
prompted evacuation notices in at least half a dozen prefectures over fears of landslides and rising rivers as it brought heavy rains and flooding to the Hokuriku and Kansai regions on Tuesday. As of Tuesday afternoon, at least two people were reported dead in Kagoshima....

Typhoon
Noru
dumped heavy rain on
Japan
today as it moved back out to sea, causing flooding and property damage while the number of injured reportedly rose to 51. After making landfall in western Japan the previous day, the storm packing winds of up to 108 kilometres (67 miles) per hour ploughed across the main island of Honshu.

Typhoon
Noru
dumped heavy rain on
Japan
today as it moved back out to sea, causing flooding and property damage while the number of injured reportedly rose to 51. After making landfall in western Japan the previous day, the storm packing winds of up to 108 kilometres (67 miles) per hour ploughed across the main island of Honshu.

TOKYO - Typhoon
Noru
dumped heavy rain on
Japan
Tuesday as it moved back out to sea, causing flooding and property damage while the number of injured reportedly rose to 51.
After making landfall in western Japan the previous day, the storm packing winds of up to 108 kilometres (67 miles) per hour ploughed across the main island of Honshu.

By AFP 46 mins ago in World Typhoon
Noru
dumped heavy rain on
Japan
Tuesday as it moved back out to sea, causing flooding and property damage while the number of injured reportedly rose to 51.
After making landfall in western Japan the previous day, the storm packing winds of up to 108 kilometres....

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